VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Program Overview

A progressive and innovative approach to anger management and conflict resolution, Violence is Preventable is designed to teach adults and juveniles new ways of behaving and responding to the world they live in. By exploring the reasons for their violent behaviors and learning new ways to think and act, clients are given the means to change hostile ideation and aggressive behavior, develop empathy for others and prevent situations from escalating.

Built from a combination of Motivational Interviewing, Social Learning Theory and Cognitive Behavioral intervention strategies, clients discover the behaviors and belief systems to which they have been socially conditioned. This helps individuals learn the reason for many of their problematic behaviors. Violence is Preventable teaches participants alternative behaviors and attitudes, including assertiveness, communication, rational thinking and ways to let go of anger and control stress. Helping adults and juveniles re-evaluate their lives in a positive learning environment.

Topics Include:

• Costs and Legal Issues
• Values Clarification
• Influences Examination
• Positive Uses of Anger
• Coping Mechanisms
• Alternatives to Anger and Violence
• Physical and Physiological Effects of Anger

Format:

• Cost is $65 per participant.
• I.S.A.E. will accommodate all indigent clients as determined by the referring agency.
• Clients must submit a 300-word essay to the referral source within 1 week of attending.

Who Are the Clients?

Adults and juveniles receiving tickets for:
• Destruction of Property
• Misdemeanor Assault
• Harassment Charges
• Menacing

Program Overview

Violence Intervention Program is a powerful seminar utilizing a variety of learning activities and experiential techniques to reach juveniles and their parents and adult offenders dealing with violence and anger issues.

Clients exhibiting patterns of violence will develop alternatives to aggressive behavior, learn how to cope with conflictual situations and understand their thoughts, feelings and actions surrounding violent acts. Participating families and adults are given the opportunity to practice skills which lead to lasting attitude change, easily transferable to school, work, home, peer and social structures. Parental involvement in the program is important to the success of the adolescent client. The parenting component instructs parents on specific parental and familial issues in a confidential group setting.

Violence Intervention Program adheres to the philosophy that many problems are consistent with the client's beliefs about themselves and their surroundings. Self-defeating behaviors often result from thoughts generated from core beliefs and feelings. Clients acting out violently often create an environment that is isolating and distance themselves from their families and social structures, tending to identify with peers who are supportive of their self-defeating behaviors. The highly structured techniques used in this program assist clients in identifying their core beliefs and provides them with the nurturing support and mentoring necessary to create an environment where positive behavior change can be made. Using techniques from a number of counseling modalities, this program is designed to reach the resistive client, raise awareness of their motives for acting out violently and offer alternatives to offending behaviors.

Topics Include:

• Anger Management
• Ethics Clarification
• Understanding Limits
• Life Skills
• Values Clarification
• Impulse Control
• Legal Rights & Responsibilities
• Physical/Physiological Aspects of Anger
• Stages of Violence/Anger
• Coping Mechanisms

Parenting Skills Program

Parent involvement in the two day program is important to the success of the adolescent client. The class instructs parents on specific parental and familial issues in a confidential lecture and group setting. This two day program teaches parenting skills and offers the support of counselors and other parents. It also provides education on relationship building, limit setting, and a variety of other topics helpful in reestablishing stability in the home.

Format:

• Cost is $130 per participant. Parents attend at no cost with their juvenile.
• Both the juvenile and a parent are to attend and complete the two day session within the same weekend.
• Clients must submit a 300-word essay to the referral source within 1 week of attending.

Who Are the Clients?

• Families and adults needing alternatives to aggressive or violent behaviors.
• Families needing help with a violence prone adolescent.
• Juveniles with behavioral problems both in and outside the family structure.
• Individuals facing charges for misdemeanor or felony assault.
• Individuals facing charges for harassment, destruction of property or weapons violations charges.